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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/WetNWildGyal_ on 2024-09-20 14:57:39+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that in 1958, the U.S. accidentally dropped a nuclear bomb on a South Carolina family’s backyard. While it wasn’t armed with a nuclear warhead, the conventional explosives detonated, leaving a large crater and damaging the house. Amazingly, no one was killed in what became known as the Mars